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ArticleJournal of extracellular biology2024

Towards IVDR-compliance by implementing quality control steps in a quantitative extracellular vesicle-miRNA liquid biopsy assay for response monitoring in patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Esther E E Drees, Nils J Groenewegen, Sandra A W M Verkuijlen, Monique A J van Eijndhoven, Jip Ramaker, Pepijn Veenstra, Mirjam Hussain, Catharina G M Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Daphne de Jong, Josée M Zijlstra and 2 more

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Esther E E DreesDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3551-0038
Nils J GroenewegenDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Sandra A W M VerkuijlenDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Monique A J van EijndhovenDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Jip RamakerDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Pepijn VeenstraDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Mirjam HussainDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Catharina G M Groothuis-OudshoornDepartment of Health Technology and Services Research Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente Enschede The Netherlands.
Daphne de JongDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Josée M ZijlstraCancer Center Amsterdam Program Imaging and Biomarkers Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Johan de RooijExBiome B.V. Amsterdam The Netherlands.
D Michiel PegtelDepartment of Pathology Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-4406

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Abstract

Previously, we showed that quantification of lymphoma-associated miRNAs miR-155-5p, -127-3p and let-7a-5p levels in plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) report treatment response in patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). Prior to clinical implementation, quality control (QC) steps and validation are required to meet international regulatory standards. Most published EV-based diagnostic assays have yet to meet these requirements. In order to advance the assay towards regulatory compliance (e.g., IVDR 2017/746), we incorporated three QC steps in our experimental EV-miRNA quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (q-RT-PCR) assay in an ISO-13485 certified quality-management system (QMS). Liposomes encapsulated with a synthetic (nematode-derived) miRNA spike-in controlled for EV isolation by automated size-exclusion chromatography (SEC). Additional miRNA spike-ins controlled for RNA isolation and cDNA conversion efficiency. After deciding on quality criteria, in total 107 out of 120 samples from 46 patients passed QC. Generalized linear mixed-effect modelling with bootstrapping determined the diagnostic performance of the quality-controlled data at an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.84 (confidence interval [CI]: 0.76-0.92) compared to an AUC of 0.87 (CI: 0.80-0.94) of the experimental assay. After the inclusion of QC steps, the accuracy of the assay was determined to be 78.5% in predicting active disease status in cHL patients during treatment. We demonstrate that a quality-controlled plasma EV-miRNA assay is technically robust, taking EV-miRNA as liquid biopsy assay an important step closer to clinical evaluation.

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extracellular vesicles (EVs)Hodgkin lymphomain vitro diagnostics (IVD)liquid biopsymicroRNAquality control (QC)response monitoring

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PMCPMC11213689

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